English Lyrics Morning has broken like the first morningBlackbird has spoken like the first birdPraise for the singing, praise for the morningPraise for them springing fresh from the worldSweet the rains new fall, sunlit from HeavenLike the first dewfall on the first grassPraise for the sweetness of the wet gardenSprung in completeness where His feet…
English Lyrics Dear Lord and Father of mankind,Forgive our foolish ways;Reclothe us in our rightful mind,In purer lives Thy service find,In deeper reverence, praise.In simple trust like theirs who heard,Beside the Syrian sea,The gracious calling of the Lord,Let us, like them, without a word,Rise up and follow Thee.O Sabbath rest by Galilee,O calm of hills…
“Will Your Anchor Hold In The Storms Of Life” is a Christian hymn, not a psalm. Here is a brief account of its background:Historical Background: It was written by Priscilla Jane Owens in 1882 in the United States. The inspiration might have come from the social and cultural context where Christianity was a dominant belief…
The hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first couplet of the second verse paraphrases Galatians 6:14a and the…
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley’s finest. Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful. Like many hymns, Love Divine is loosely Trinitarian in organization: Christ is invoked in the first stanza as the expression…
English Lyrics 1 What a wonderful change in my life has been wroughtSince Jesus came into my heart!I have light in my soul for which long I have sought,Since Jesus came into my heart!Refrain:Since Jesus came into my heart,Since Jesus came into my heart,Floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll,Since Jesus…
